Minutes of Tidy Towns AGM – Rosslare Community Centre – 18th November 2015
List of attendees and apologies on file.
1. Chairman welcomed representatives of Historical Society, RCDA and Soccer Club.
2. Minutes of 2014 AGM were read and accepted.
3. Max reported that the TT web page is now up on the National website.
He noted that as the TT website “piggybacks” on his own website, that this
should be addressed to provide back-up.
Peter proposed a vote of thanks to Max for all his work on the website.
4.
Secretary’s report – on file.
5.
Treasurer’s report – on file.
Peter did note that in 2015 TT had generated an income of 9k euro and
had spent about 5k euro.
The Fun Dog Show was the most profitable venture organised in the year,
mainly because it was a new event and attracted a lot of interest.
Plants used up the most expenditure in the year, followed by gravel and
paint.
He paid tribute to the financial support provided by all the local businesses
as well as the support of Mens Shed and RDA.
The working balance as of today is 1854 euros.
Ray said that a great debt of gratitude was owed to Peter for all his hard
work this year.
6.
Chairman’s report – Ray complimented TT on being such a dynamic organisation.
He referred to the party held for St Marys Day Care Centre, the involvement
of Tidy Town members with fundraising and with the Information Centre.
He said that 2015 was year 1 of a 3 year plan.
TT needs to build relationships with other organisations, such as that recently
formed with the Historical Society.
The results achieved this year would not have happened without the help of
RCDA, RDA, Mens Shed, Wexford CoCo and more recently WLD.
Phase 2 of the plan will see the following:
- The development of an eco – heritage trail with the Historical Society.
- Development of the Village Garden.
- Development of the Main Car park
- Development of the Cliff area including the Tom Murphy memorial
- 1916 Commemoration.
Fundraising will be required; links formed with WLD; more people with different skill
levels involved
Our vision for phase 3 must be to come 1st in our category in 2017.
Finally, Rosslare needs to be accessible to everyone and be colourful all year round.
Roads, footpaths and bridges need to be made safe.
Derelict sites should be eliminated or screened off and underground cabling should be
aspired to.
7. Election of Officers: Each of the existing officers expressed their willingness to serve
another term and were unanimously elected.
Chairman - Ray Flynn
Treasurer – Peter McQueen
Secretary – Vivian Lambert
P.R.O. - Margaret Sreenan
8. Link with Historical Society: Chairman read from the minutes of the Historical Society EGM
at which the new link with TT was unanimously agreed on by representatives of both groups.
It was proposed that a member of the Historical Society should serve as Vice –chair of TT.
9. Christmas Party – Friday 20th of November in Tides 7 p.m. for 7:15 p.m.
10. A.O.B. :
Meeting with Gardai at 7 p.m. in Community Centre on the 2nd of December to discuss the
establishment of a Text Alert system in Rosslare.
It was agreed that any adaptation of the TT Constitution should be postponed for
discussion until after the RDA AGM.
Patrick Kirwan proposed that Wexford Bus be asked to provide seats and shelters in the
Village.
A discussion followed on grass cutting of verges – it is necessary to cut back some area for
walkers, but also where possible to let verges grow to both save energy and aid pollination.
The development of a walk/cycle route from Rosslare to Waterford is an initiative we should
support.
RCDA have entered into an agreement with an organisation who will be providing year round
activity in the watersports centre.
Meeting congratulated Ann Fortune and Max Graham on the wonderful work that they did
setting up an information centre this year which proved to be a great success.
Twinning with overseas towns/villages is no longer encouraged by County Councils.